Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.

The widespread assumption that ethical behavior takes the fun out of life is false. In actuality, living ethically ensures that relationships in our lives, including encounters with strangers, nurture our spiritual growth.

The clearing is often only happening for us, and those who love us most cannot see or believe in our nascent visions.

Well, I always know what I want. And when you know what you want–you go toward it. Sometimes you go very fast, and sometimes only an inch a year. Perhaps you feel happier when you...

A recovery of growth to around trend in the first half of 2006 will not threaten interest rates in either direction.

Balance in life is the key to everything.

Humility is not weak, powerless, faint, a pushover, a punching bag or an abuse magnet, because above all — humility cares.

We become aware of the void as we fill it.

A person’s own definition of leadership defines the glittering crown of his leadership

It is amazing, the number of business executives and senior leaders who get to be appointed and elevated to positions of authority on the basis of technical competences whilst lacking essential grooming on basic good...

If you just want to do something because it is a customary new year resolution, then soon enough the year will get a bit older, and the strength of your decision will also begin to...

Remain aware of your weak points; not knowing or choosing to ignore them, means creating dangerous ‘blind-spots’ in the path to your success.

Leveraging your personal strengths means you will also need to become clearer about those strengths. It is easier to build on what you are already good at than start from your weaker areas. Take time...

The person who will end up enjoying success, is the one who planned for it and who knew why they are seeking to succeed.

This should not be surprising after the exceptionally strong growth of the past three years, following China’s entry into the WTO,

In my experience, self-hatred is the dominant malaise crippling Christians and stifling their growth in the Holy Spirit.

Some things in life must be cut away, we must CUT the ties that bind us and keep us from growing, yet we at times, tend to cling to what is familiar, even if it...

Degraded bird, I give you back your eyes forever, ascend now whither you are tossed;Forsake this wrist, forsake this rhyme;Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen; depart, be lost,But climb.

Such a slowdown in growth, in turn, raises the risk that policy-makers might resort to protectionism. In that event, a period of very slow growth could, perhaps, be punctuated by periods of outright recession.

Your potential for growth is directly proportionate to the degree to which you are willing to make mistakes.

…as we mature, we begin to realize that life in the Box remains the same, with few deviations from this norm.

The U.K. needs more first class studio space to encourage the growth of the film and TV sector.

Maybe the inhibitory network is where the capacity is for large-scale changes. What’s more, this growth is tied to use, so even as adults, the more we use our minds, the more robust they can...

Sometimes the greatest difference between being a boy and being a man is restraint.

It is not that we love to be alone, but that we love to soar, and when we do soar, the company grows thinner and thinner until there is none at all. …We are not...

The man who never weakens when things are against him will grow stronger and stronger until all things will delight to be for him. He will finally have all the strength he may desire or...

Age doesn’t determine maturity. It’s the depth of life that does, not its duration.

Growth seems to evolve from a narrow-minded, constricted worldview (selfish) to an ever-more-encompassing worldview (multiperspective caring). To put it simply, the more self-centered you are, the lower you tend to land on these scales, while...

China’s development will benefit not only the 1.3 billion people in China, but also the economic growth in the Asia-Pacific and the world at large, providing other countries with enormous business opportunities and a broad...

the matured understands mistakes as a necessary growth path to maturity

Bad, or good, as it happens to be, that is what it is to exist! . . . It is as though I have been silent and fuddled with sleep all my life. In spite...

The underlying details of this report paint a stronger picture of the manufacturing sector, as evidenced by the robust growth rate of orders excluding transportation over the last three months.

Japan’s stock market may return to a bullish trend today, helped by U.S. jobs growth. Automakers such as Suzuki and Honda may be particularly strong on the back of the strengthening dollar.

You can tell by our growth nationwide that you don’t need to give up a huge portion of your equity to sell your home.

Global demand remains the most important factor, and the situation looks good. We should see a rebound in growth in the first quarter and a slightly positive tendency in industrial production over the coming months.

China is a growing market, an important market for them. But growth there is not enough to make up for the large losses in North America.

I think the gains to be achieved by a combination of reforms and labor market adjustments are going to be more permanent and will provide a basis for reducing unemployment and improving export performance, and...

Loan growth at the biggest Chinese banks is not as impressive as smaller ones, but you are buying these banks for their large distribution network and dominance in the market.

We expect a gradual downward turn through the year as economic growth slows, but we’re still looking for very strong numbers,

Slush is frozen over. People say that winter lasts forever, but it’s because they obsess over the thermometer. North in the mountains, the maple syrup is trickling. Brave geese punch through the thin ice left...

There’s something beautiful about facing tragedy, you crack open a new, you find yourself in the parts of you; that can finally be explored freely with out judgement or guilt. Where to from here doesn’t...

There” is not your dream, “here” is.. To create it, to become it and to live in it. The journey of your triumphs and setbacks are apart of the process now,stop getting ready to get...

Weak or strong, everyone falls at least a thousand times throughout their life. It is in what they learn from their fall and how steady they become that you recognize the strongest of all.” -Grandma...

I’m still not convinced that Sony can stir growth. They have to come up with something nobody can imitate but consumers will buy. But they haven’t given any details how they plan to do that.

Succeeding in life and business is like falling in love with your wife (for those of you that are married). You can’t leave your wife at the mercy of another man and feel safe.

By raising our economic growth to 10 percent we will create 3 million jobs, double everyone’s real income and increase income growth more than inflation,

If demand stays strong and productivity growth slows considerably, this could be a year that could be seen as heading towards traditional overheating of the labor market, with big employment gains,

This is still likely one of the top growth stories of the year.

The Prime Minister said earlier in the year that his objectives were domestic demand-led growth and I think he’s taken very important and very constructive steps in that direction and we very much welcome them,

Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves.